What meets the eye first in this Chinese tiger scroll painting is grass, resting on silk in layered washes of ink. Seasoned buyers of tiger wall decor will recognize the practiced hand at once. Empty space does half the work here, the way the old masters liked it.
In Chinese art, the subject is observed with a naturalist's patience; the background washes are laid on with a light, confident touch. The surface rewards close looking: layered ink washes up close, softly blended color from a step back. Silk gives the brushwork a gentle luminosity that prints and paper cannot match. Grass, done in layered ink washes, is the passage collectors will return to. Softly blended color dominate the scene, but small accents keep grass from getting lost.
A home office wall becomes a better place to think with this hanging nearby. A retirement gift that actually gets used — daily, on the wall.
